India’s Himalayan villages slowly reviving decades after conflict
Summary
Villages in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India, are slowly seeing some revival decades after the India-China conflict in 1962 led to their decline. The village of Martoli, once a thriving trade center, now has only a few people returning during the summer months to cultivate crops.Key Facts
- Martoli is a village in the Johar Valley in Uttarakhand, surrounded by Himalayan peaks.
- It was a trading village that exchanged goods like sugar and spices with Tibet before 1962.
- The India-China conflict in 1962 caused the border to close, disrupting trade.
- Many villagers left, and Martoli's population dropped from about 500 people to a handful returning in the summer.
- Kishan Singh, a former resident, returns in the summers to farm and sell crops.
- Some nearby villages also see a small number of returning residents due to a new road.
- The area now attracts trekkers heading to the Nanda Devi Base Camp.
- A new guesthouse has been built in Martoli for these trekkers.
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